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PERTEMUAN PERSATUAN (Meetings of the Society)CERAMAH TEKNIK TECHNICAL TALKAN OVERVIEW OF THE PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN DEEP GULF OF MEXICO:TRAPS, RESERVOIRS, AND TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTIONPaul WeimerAAPG President14 September 2011Department of Geology, University of MalayaProf. Dr. Paul Weimer, the 2011-2012 president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists gave alecture to GSM on Wednesday, 14 September in the Geology Department on the University of Malaya campus. Thelecture was attended by about 35 faculty, students, and industry and government professionals. Dr. Weimer is aworld expert on reservoirs in deepwater settings. The title of his talk was “An Overview of the Petroleum Geologyof the Northern Deep Gulf of Mexico: Traps, Reservoirs, and Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution”. Dr. Weimer holdsthe Bruce D. Benson Endowed Chair in the Geology Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA andalso is Director of the Energy and Minerals Applied Research Center at the university. He is the author of two bookson deepwater margins, has co-edited nine books, and has co-authored more than 120 papers in professional journals.He was in Kuala Lumpur as part of a southeast Asian tour of AAPG Student Chapters.Warta Geologi, Vol. 36, No. 3&4, Jul–Dec 2011237